Washington Horticultural Association Meets in Prosser
The Seventh Annual Washington State Horticultural Association meeting will be in Prosser January 17 18 and 19 with programs on irrigation soil fertility marketing pruning and cherries led by experts from Spokane Wenatchee Medford Lewiston Hood River and Pasco. Members pay one dollar for a yearly annual report and reduced travel rates are offered with group special cars and a banquet planned by the Prosser Commercial Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington State, Horticultural Association
Prosser
E. F. Benson
Association
S. O. Jayne
National Department of Agriculture
Spokane
J. A. Balmer
Cle Ham
Washington State College
Wenatchee
P. G. O’cara
United States
Medford
Oregon
Robert Schleisher
Lewiston
Idaho
Northwest
R. W. R. Peaslee
Clarkston
Pasco
Washington
E. H. Shepard
Hood River
Better Fruit
F. E. Thompson
Thompson Fruit Co
North Yakima
W.B. Sawyer
Zillah, Wash
Trumble
J. M. Jenne
Euclid
George H. Chase
Prosser Commercial Club
Strikes to Be Illegal Arising From State Labor Bill
A bill by State Senator George W. Shaefer proposes banning strikes and lockouts with compulsory arbitration for all disputes. Penalties include $1000 for inciting a strike and $50 per day per employee on strike. $10 per day per employee faced with a lockout. An arbitration board of five, with two members from each side, would select the fifth. gratuities trigger $1000 fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Shaefer
Spokane
Arbitration Board
Commissioner of Labor
Board of Arbitration
Salmon Wealth From Northwest Fisheries Tops Nineteen Million
The 1910 salmon harvest in North Pacific waters was valued at about 19 million dollars. Alaska produced the most with over 11 million, Puget Sound value 3,045,422, and Oregon waters mainly the Columbia River, about 3,500,000.
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Northwest
North Pacific
Alaska
Puget Sound
Oregon
Columbia River
Airships Bring Low Bid At Portland Sheriff Auction
The first airship sold under the sheriff's hammer in Portland brought only 105 after slow bidding. The craft had been held under sequestration proceedings with a judgment of more than 600 dollars recorded against it.
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Portland
Million Acres for Settlement on Colville Reservation
Clar Hunt, allotting agent, says over 1 000 000 acres of Colville lands will be opened for homesteads near Spokane. About 2 250 allotments will be made, largely for agricultural and grazing use, leaving 1 100 000 acres to settlers. Indians grow grains and peaches. timber lands also abundant. Allocation work nears completion with extra staff and a still unscheduled opening date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville Indian Reservation
Spokane
Clair Hunt
Hunt
Washington
Colville
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Horticultural Association
Nothwest
J. E. Tull Company